Consolidated tariff index



June 5, 1923.

C. B. GUTHRIE CONSOLIDATED TARIFF INDEX Filed Feb, 23, 1922 ssheets-sheet 1 Non No.2.

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oN SEE PAGE 2, ITEM No.4.

48 4@ .50 @M1-266B.- Guthrie,

Patented June 5, 1923,

UETE s T E S CHARLES B. GUTHRIE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CONSOLIDATED TARIFE INDEX.

Application filed February 23, 1922. Serial No. 538,647.

i with the majority of the railroads of the United 4States and employscertain established fundamentals upon which the present improvements aredependent. These improvements are, therefore, correlated with theunderlying and fundamental features of the previously patented index toaccomplish certain desirable results. i

Among the objects to be attained bythe present improvements are thegrouping of the leaves of the index into separate tariff sections whichrelate'to various kinds of cominodity tariffs, each of 4said tariffsections being provided with key symbols that are arranged to show thecarriers that participate in certain tariffs as initial or originatingcarriers, one of these separate sections being arranged to show tariffsapplicable in the reverse direction where the carriers in a particularterritory are delivering carriers, together with key symbols forindicating initial, intermediate, or terminal carriers 'and a crossreference in the tariffl section of the index showing the corelationbetween the key symbols therein and the symbols in the section thatcontains the description of the tariffs.

Inasmuch as the improvements for attaining the foregoing general objectsare necessarily closely associated with the primary and fundamentalfeatures of my former patent, it is believed desirable for the sake ofclearnesfsfor explaining the present improvements to make referenceherein to the general objects and scope of the index as well as to thespecific features thereof in so far as they apply. to the. presentimprovements. Y Y v Accordintlgly` it will be understood that theproposed joint or consolidated tariff` index described herein willshowall the tariffs in force on anumber of railroads, if possible all of therailroads operating in the United States, said. index tobe issued by anagent acting under. power of attorneyv from the various railroads orcarriers, and thusovercoming the. necessity of each railroad pub'-lishing an individual tariff index. to publish or print the index'insections, each of which relates to the railroads that operate in acertain section of the vUnited States, for example, one section of theindex would relate to western lines or western classification territory,another to ofi'icial classification territory, another to southernclassification territory, and another to transcontinental territory.yThis is only for convenience in filing and handling the index, however,and therefore `I'wish it to be understood that it is immaterial so faras my invention is concerned whether each issue of the index ispublished' in one volume or in several volumes.

A joint or consolidated tariff index of the character above-describedgreatly reduces the expense now incurred by each railroad` in publishingan individual tariff index, it reduces the space now required by therailroads and by the shippers for filing the individual tariff indicesof the different railroads, it enables each railroad to vcomply strictlywith the terms of the Interstate Commerce Commission relative topublishing supplements and reissuing tariff indices by reason `of thefactthat whenever va 'railroad makes a change in any of its tariffs itmerely has to file a schedule showing such change with the InterstateCommerce Coinmission as at present, as the agent who issues theconsolidated tariff1 index will maintain an office at Washington or atthe city orjcities, 'v in which the Government may maintain officeswhere tariffs are filed. When a raili road makes a change it will notifysaidagent instead of going to the expense of preparing and issuing asupplement or. reissuing the entire tariff index asis now Vthe generalpractice. It .also enables a shipperto ascertain quickly where he canobtain a copy of the particular tariff in which he is interested by yreason of the fact that the information in the consolidated tariff indexis sov condensed I prefer and arranged that any one o f ordinary injtelligence can understand same. The meansl used to designate the variouslines or-transportation companies isv of such a charactery that itovercomes the necessity of providing one section to indicate theoriginating car- Lli) riers and another section to. indicate thedelivering carriers. Furthermore, such an index shows clearly all of thelines participating under concurrence, and consequently makes itpossible for concurring carriers to ascertain and check theconcurrences, or authority to issue rates in connection with theirlines.

Each section or volume 0f the consolidated tariff index contains thenames of railroads or carriers that issue taris applicable to theterritory which that particular volume or section of the consolidatedindex covers, and it also preferably contains the names and addresses ofthe tariff-issuing officers of said railroads so as to enable a shipperto ascertain the name and address of the person to whom he mustwrite inorder to obtain a copy of the published tariff in which he isinterested. lt also preferably contains the date upon which the tariffsbecame effective which is very valuable information to carriers andshippers in handling overcharge claims. The tariffs on commodities arepreferably divided into speci-fic or special commodity tariffs,miscellaneous commodity tariffs and general class and commodity tariffs.

In the section'or 'portion of the volume that relates to specialcommodity tariffs a heading is provided for each special commodity, andunder each of said' headings is arranged the name of the railroad thatissues the tariff on said special commodity and the points from and towhich the tariff applies. All of the railroads or carriers whichparticipate in said particular tariff are indicated in that section orportion of the index b y means of symbols or characters that constitutea key, each symbol or character designating a certain railroad ortransportation company. The sections of the index that relate tomiscellaneous commodity tariffs and general class and commodity tariffsare arranged in a similar manner, as hereinafter described, Any suitablekey may be used for this purpose but I prefer to use one letter of thealphabet with a number or numbers added to designate each railroad, forexample-the Adirondack &. St. Lawrence Railroad would be designated by asymbol consisting of A', the Albany 3a Southern Railroad by a symbolconsisting of A2, and so on. Means is of course providedy for explainingor defining the key, or, in other words, stating what railroad orcarrier each symbol of the key represents, and in the preferred form ofmy invention as herein shown said means consists of a column providedwith a heading entitledley and arranged in that section or portion ofthe index that contains the names of the railroads or carriers, thenames of the tariff-issuing oflicers. their addresses, etc., the keysymbols beings,v arranged. in said column opposite the names of therailroads which they designateso that the person using the: index canascertain. quickly and conveniently the key symbol that is used todesignateY a particular carrier. It is preferable to use certain groupsof symbols to designate certain groups of railroads or transportationcompanies. For example, the railroads that operate in what is known astrunk line territory would be designated by the first five letters ofthe alphabet with appropriate numbers added; those that operate in whatis known as Central Freight Association 'territory by the next fiveletters of the alphabet and appropriate numbers; those thatv operate inwhat is known as southeastern territory" by the next ye letters of thealphabet and appropriate numbers; those that operate in what is known assouthwestern territory by the next five letters of the alphabet andappropriate numbers; and those that operate inl what is knownastranscontinental territory by the next live letters of the alphabet andappropriate numbers. In this way I am able to designate the lines indifferent sections of the country by groups of symbols which are similaror have such a relation to each other that a person using the indexl cantell from the symbols whether the symbol designates a trunk line, atransconl tinental line, or so forth. That is to say, as soon as theuser sees a symbol containing one of the groups of letters A. B. C. D.or E he knows that the transportation company which said symboldesignates is a trunk line.

In order toy condense the index to a minimum, I distinguish the keysymbols that designate originating carriers from the key symbols thatdesignate participating carriers by printing originating carrier symbolsin heavy, or black face type, also by prefix INL, and the other symbolsin light face type,

preceded' by the symbol 1&D, (indicating intermediate and deliveringcarrier), in that portion or section of the index in which theinformation in regard to various tariffs is contained.

In this way l overcome the necessity of providing the index with onesection pertaining to the originating carriers and a separate anddistinct section pertaining to the participating carriers as is now thegeneral practice. It is not essential, however, that the originatingcarriers or initial carriers and the other carriers be distinguishedfrom each other in this particular manner as various means: couldy beusedv for this purpose without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

The, lines thatvv operate inV two different territories, or publishtariffs applicable to two different territories, are designated by adifferent symbol for each territory'. For example. if the Erie Railroad.which is known as a trunk line, operated in, or pub- Gzmight beusedto-designate the Erie Rail-Y road in connection' with tariffs applicableto Central Freight Association territory. "This occurs in very fewinstances, however, or

only where a line laps over or runs into different territory from thatin which the line- `riers by light-face type;

operates principally. v

I alsofprefer to use a second key which is separate and distinct fromthe key just described for designating the various special commoditiesreferred to in the index, said second key being preferably composed ofsymbols consisting of the-letters of the al-y phabet; for example,lagricultural implements and vehicles would be designated'by the letter Acanned goods by the letter C; cement, linie and plaster by the letter C2chemicals and drugs by the symbol C2 etc. The symbols comprising thissecond key are arranged ina column providedv with a heading entitled Keyopposite the naines of articles which the symbols designate sol as todefine or explain the key, and in certain's'ections of the index' thesesymbols are used in conjunction with the information relating to thetariffs so as to show the particular kind of goods on which'the tariffsapply. 'Each section or` volume of the consolidated index of coursecontainsv instructions relating to the. use of thelindex and alsodescriptions or definitions of the .keys as above described so as toshow the symbolxthat is used to designate each railroad and the symbolthat kis used to designate eac-h special commodity referred to in theindex.V v n l have not herein illustrated the entire consolidated indexbut only such pages or pori4 tions of one section or column of the indexthat are necessary to sho-w the features which.

I claim are novel and which make it practicable to consolidate-theinformation in the numerous individual indices now in'use into one-jointor consolidated index.

`Figure l of the drawing shows one page of one volume or section of theindex whichk contains the names ofrailroads or carriers that publishtariffs and operate in the particular section of the United States towhich 'saidsection or volume relates;

F igureQ shows a which contains the names of speci'al cojmmodities andtheke also lthe key Acomposed of symbols that designate the differentrailroads;`

applicable to the Central,-

portion of another page:

composed of symbolsv .that designate the ldi erent special commodi- Fig.3a is a view of a sheet having a heading entitled List. oftransportation com- .77 panies Fig. 4 shows a-portion of a page thatcontains l.information which shows what railroads issue tariffs onspecial commodities the points from` and to which said tariffs apply,and the carriers or railroads that participate Y in said tariffs; theoriginating carriers being preferably indicated by heavy or black-facetype and the intermediate or delivering carthe-receivership of thevarious transportation companies;

Fig. 8 shows la page giving the list of transportation companies in aspecified territory, the same' being arranged in numericalv key order;

Fig. 9 isa page. containing data for, initial or originating lines ratesused` by other carriers, and v i Fig. 10 is a View of a sheet containingone of the main sections listing the tariffs ofthe particular linesincluded inthe section covred bythe data 'on the sheet shown inleferring to Fig. '.1 of the drawings which illustrates one page of theindex, the reference character l designates a heading-preferablyconsistingof the words Issuing carriers which is arranged above aplurality of .vertical columns .2' and 3, the column having' asub-heading 2a consisting of the word .Transportation company, and the.column-3 having a sub-heading 3a consisting of the letters F. X. I., No.In the column` 2 are-arranged the naines of different railroads whichtion of the United-*States to which this par-i ticular volume oftheconsolidated index` relates, and in Vthe-column 3 are arranged l numberswhich designate the carriers who have conferred .power of attorney to'the issuing agent under folm F. X. I.. as prescribed by the InterstateCommerce .Com-A mission. 2? is printed at the top of the page forconvenience in referring-tozthis section of the index. 1

The ing Aewhich preferably consists of the words List of commodities,and underfsaidlieading are `arranged ,a plurality of -ver't-ical'.columns 5 and 6,the column 5 havinga sub-` loperate in the-secl.

Preferably, the term uFItem No. i

heading 5a consisting of the Word Key and the column 6 having asub-heading 6EL consisting ot the Word Commodity In column 6 arearranged the names ot various special commodities, such, for example, asagricultural implements,1 canned goods, and cement, lime and plaster;and in the column 5 symbols constituting a key are arranged opposite thenames ot the special commodities in column 6 so as to shoiv the keysymbol that is used to designate each specific commodity. I have hereinused the letter A to designate agricultural implements, and vehicles,the letter C to designate canned goods, and the letter Cb to designatecement, lime and plaster, but I do not Wish it to be understood that myinvention is limited to an index provided with a key consisting of theseparticular symbols or characters tor various other symbols or devicescould be used to designate the special commodities referred to in theindex Withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

The page illustrated in Fig. 3 has a head- 'ing 7 preferably consistingof the Words Carriers in trunk line territory and the term Item No. 1 orsome other suitable term is preferably printed at the top of the pagefor the convenience of the user in tin-:ling this particular section ofthe index. Another page or pages, not shown, has a heading entitledCarriers in C. F. A. territory. Another page or pages, not shown, has aheading consisting of the Words Carriers in southeastern territory, andso on, suitable headings being provided for the carriers in thesoutheastern, southwestern and transcontinental territories and all ofsaid pages being grouped together so as to form the section or portionofthe index that I have arbitrarily called Item No. f1. Five verticalcolumns, designated by the reference characters 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. arearranged under the heading 7, and each of said vertical columns has asub-heading, the column 8 having a sub-heading 8a consisting of the WordKey, the column 9 a sub-heading 9";l consisting of the Word Abbreviatiomthe column 10 a sub-heading 10a consisting ot the Words Name of carrier,the column 11 a sub-heading 11a consisting of the words Tariff-issuingoiiicer or title, and the' column 12 a sub-heading 12a consisting ot theWord Address glhe names of the railroads or carriers tha operate in theterritory to which the above heading '7 relates are arranged in column10, the names of the oficers of said railroads which issue tariffs, arearranged in the column 11, and the addresses of said officers arearranged in the column 12. The column 9 contains abbreviations for thenames of the railroads, and the column 8 contains the symbols orcharacters that form the key used to designate the different railroadsthe abbreviations and key Item No. 4c, or some other suitable term ispreferably printed at the top 0f the pagefor the convenience of the userin finding.,

this particular section of the index. This list to show complete namesand corporate titles of the various transportation companics throughoutthe United States. I have arbitrarily called this Item No. f1. It is siXvertical columns designated by the reference characters 7D, 7C, 7E, and7F, arranged under the heading 7B, and each of said Vertical columns issub-headed as per 7 B, 7E, and 7F, consisting of the Words, Key,Abbreviation, Name of carrier.

The page illustrated in Fig. 4 has a general heading 13, such, forexample, as the Words Agricultural implements and vehicles, and underthis general heading is classified the names of the special commoditiesthat come under said general heading. For eX- ample, a sub-heading 13 isprovided for agricultural implements; a sub-heading 13b is provided forbuggies, carriages and Wagons, a sub-heading 13z is provided for canecarts, and so on. Each of the sub-headings 131, 13" and 13 just referredto is grouped vertical columns 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2() and 21arranged side by side and extending across the page, as shown in Figure4. The three columns 14, 15 and 16 to the left have a heading 140consisting of the Word Numbersg the next colmuns 17 and 18 have aheading 170 consisting of the Words Issued by, the column 19 has aheading 190 consisting of the Word Fromg the column 20 l has a heading120 consisting ot the Word Tog and the c'olumn 21 has a heading 121consisting of the Words Participating carriers.

In addition to the headings just referred to the columns 111, 15, 16, 17and 18 have sub-headings 14a', 15, 16a, 17it and 18a; respectively, theheading 14a consisting of the Words Index No. g the heading 15aconsisting ot the letters I. C. C. 3 the heading 16a consisting of theWords Other commissions, the heading 17a consisting of the Words Road oragent g and the heading 18EL consisting of the words Issuing numbereffective. In the column 1T is arranged the name of the railroad thatissues a tariif on agricultural implements; for example the Central ofGeorgia; in the column 19 is arranged the name of the place or placesfrom which this tarii applies, in the column 18 is arranged the issuingrailroads number and with or arranged over a plurality of to which thetariiiq extends; the column 15 contains the Interstate CommerceCommission number of that particular tariff; the column 14 contains theindex number of that particular tarifi(this to be used for 'convenienceof the numeral section), and the column 16 contains any other commissionnumber which has to be specified, for example, the Canadian, or thenumber of a State commission or commissions. All of the differentcarriers or railroads which participate in that particular tarili issuedby the Central of kGreorgia are indicated in the column 21 by the keysymbols that designate said carriers or railroads. If a number oftransportation companies participate in that particular tariff, eachcompany would be designated by its proper key symbol in column 21.Preferably, black-:tace symbols are used to designate originatingcarriers and light-face symbols to designate intermediate and deliveringcarriers. The words (See Item No. k4) are preferably printed in theheading 121 of column'21 so as to form a cross reference or connectingllink between the key defined in columns 8, 9 and 10 of the sectionillustrated in Fig. 3 and the column of the seccolumns 8 and 10 wouldind that the key symbol yA1 designates the Adirondack @t St. Lawrence R.R.; that A2 designates the Albany, Southern R. R.; and that A8designates the Alexander & Eastern Ry.thus ascertaining the fact thatthese three railroads participate4 in the tariff on agriculi turalimplements :trom Eatonton, Ga., 'to southeast Mississippi Valley points.He would also lmow that the Adirondacky tv St. Lawrence R. R. was theoriginating carrier or initial carrier because thekey symbol A1that'designates said railroad is printed in black or 'heavy-face' type.I have used the key symbols A?, A2 and A3 in the example above ygivenmerely forthe purpose. of more clearly explaining my vindex andbecausethese symbols are vshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, butin the actualindex the `key symbols ofthe railroads which do actually participate inthe tarii mentioned in the example would be specied in column 21 of thesection illustrated in Fig. 4. t

From the above it will be seen that a consolidated tariff index of. theconstruction above-described enables the carriers,shippers -with anadditional column relates to `Gra., to

andall who may contemplate theuse of that tariff to quickly determinekits scope, and whether or not it would'be applicable via the route orreach the territory-'of .the desired shipment. Inotherlwords, thetariii' far as it is is as completely describedas practicable in adirectory.

The page illustrate'dfin 5 has a general heading 22 consisting of. thewords Miscellaneous ycommodity tariffs, and 'under this general`heading`v are arranged columns 14, 15, 16, 17,18, 19, 20 and 21 likethose sho-Wn in'. Figure 4, and each having previously described inconnection with Fig. I4. In addi-l tion to the vertical columns'just4mentioned 'u 5 is provided the same kind of a heading the pageillustratedfin Fig.

-23 that has a heading 23a consisting of the words' Applying on and alsothe/words (See Item No.

v3). Said lcolumn 23 contains key symbols whichv designate certaincommodities specitied in the section ofthe index illustrated f in Fig. 2and termed Item No. 3. `For example, the key symbols A, C, CbfandfCearearranged in column 23 of Fig. 5. By referring to column 5 of the`section termed Item No. 3 the user will seeV that thekey symbol Adesignates vagricultural 'implements and vehicles, that C designatescanned designates cement, lime and goods, that Cb plaster, and that Ce.desi nates cider, vinegar and pickles, and he will thus know `that theparticular tariff with which thesekey symbols are associated appliesonrthe articles or the goods previously mentioned. p f

I have not illustrated the' section of.v the index that relates togeneral class `and commodity tariffs because it is a duplicate of themiscellaneous kcommodity tariii' section illustrated in Fig. 5 exceptthat the column 23 containing the commodity key symbols is not used,owing to the fact that this section general Vclass andy commoditytariffs. Y. f v

The page illustrated in Fig.l 'relates to class land commoditytariffs-that are eil'ective between certain points in a 'State andxisprovided with columns and headings of the same character as those;illustratedinFig 5, @115 the only diiference between these two pagesbeing thatthe page illustrated in Fig: 6 has a heading 24 consisting ofthename of the from interstate tariffs are effective.

If a person who Contemp-lates shipping some point in the southeastMissisy State'in which Statetariils as distinguished 'columns 17 and 18of said section (illustrated in Fig. 4) he finds that the tariii' isissued by the Central ot' Georgia Railroad and that it became eltectiveon Sept. 19, 1909. It he desi-res to know the originating carrier andthe various other vcarriers that participate in said tariff he readsacross the page yto column 21 in which he finds the key symbols A1, A2and A3. The cross reference (see Item No. 4) in the heading of column 91informs the user that he must consult the section of the index termedItem No., 4 which is illustrated in Fig. 3, in order to ascertain thenames of the carriers which said key symbols designate. Turning to thissection and examining columns 8 and 9 see Fig. 3 of the drawings, hequickly ascertains the names of the carriers that participate in thetarii in which he is interested. It he desires to obtain a. .copy of thetariff he consults columns 11 and 12 of the section termed Item No. 4 soas to ascertain the name and address of the tarif-issuing officer of therailroad that issues the tariff, namely, the Central ot Georgia.

In case a user 'tails to tind the t-aritin in which he is interested inthe section that relates to speciiic commodities, namely, the sectionillustrated Yin Fig. 4 of the drawings, he next refers to the sectionillustrated in Fig. 5 which relates to miscellaneous com modity taris.Suppose for example, the same goods aboveunentioned are to be shippedbut they are to be shipped from Jackson, Miss., to Alexandria, La. Inthe miscellaneous commodity tariff section illustrated in Fig. 5 theuser finds that there is a tariff between the points just mentioned andthat it applies on A, C, Cb, and Ce, see column 23 of Fig. 5. In orderto find out whether or not one of these symbols designates agriculturalimplements and vehicles, the user follows 'the instruction (see Item No.3) in Vthe heading of the column 23 and turns to the section illustratedin Fig. 2, thus finding in columns 5 and 6 of Fig. 2 that the key symbolA designates the goods which he desires to ship. It the user tails toiind the tariff in which he is interested in either the specificcommodity tariff section or the miscellaneous commodity tarii section heknows that class rates will apply, and by referring to the general classand commodity tari section (not illustrated in the drawing) he will findthe tariff in which he is interested. Should a rate be desired whichcontemplates a movement wholly ywithin a single State, the user examinesthe section ot theY index that relates to State tariis, one page ofwhich is illustrated in Fig. 6.

The page illustrated in Figure 7, arbitrarily called Item Nog. 5,relating to the change of ownership and control, or receivership of thevarious transportation companies, under the general heading v Change 0i'ownership and control, or receivership.77 This consists .of tourvertical columns. Item 26 relates to the old naine, Item 27 issued andadopted by. The purpose of this section is to show the change ofownership and control, and where tariis are not amended promptly,showing the new name which can be readily located in this section byreference to the old name of the carrier, and also Jfor convenience, thekey reference ot the .old carrier is referred to wherever the name ischanged to such an extent as to make the use ot the old symbol out ofalphabetical alignment. rlhis also gives information as to the exactdate of the change of the corporate title, or the appointment of areceiver, also reference to ICC number which may be filed with theCommission. This section co-relates with what I have arbitrarily calledItem No. 4, or List of transportation companies. Also, in Figure 8,heading arbitrarily called Item No. 6, list of transportation companiesin the southern territory, arranged in key order, as shown in Figure 8,Item 29. This arranged with key Item 30 and transportation company Item31. The key numbers to run in numerical order. I have illustrated thisin a particular southern territory, but it may be used in eastern,western, or any other sub-division territory. The purpose of this itemis that a seeker' of information as to application of a tariil shown inFigure 4, 5 or 6, may readily determine what the name of that company isby observing the numerical reference to the key number, and corelateswith Figures 4, 5 and 6. Ot course, if a person desires the name of thecarrier in the iirst instance, that is obtained as illustrated inFigures 3 and 3a, whichever plan may be used. It enables a seeker ofinforma tion to have two avenues of locating a desired name of atransportation company.

The page illustrated in Figure 9 has the heading preferably: Initial ororiginating lines rates issued by other carriers, consisting of sixperpendicular columns indicated by columns 33, 34, and 35. The useotthis particular feature named in Item 8, to designate the trunk lineor member carrier that issues tariffs tor a smaller road. The key symbolused `by the small line is corelated with Figures 4, 5 and 6 asillustrated, and it enables the shipper or anyone seeking information,where to look for the rates published by the small road. It is often thecase that two or more carriers issue rates from a single smaller lineand the purpose or" this section is to clarify this situation.

The page relating to Figure 10 will make a decided improvement onlisting tariis in territories where a great number ,of local tarfs areemployed, by an arrangement of first listing the railroad ortransportation companies in alphabetical order, and under each headingof the transportation com'- panies will appear reference .to other car-`riers or agents that issue tariffs from this carriers station (numerall) also the tariffs of that company which it issues, and in which thatroad, or some other carrier for which theindex is issued is an initialcarrier. To describe Figure l0, it will consist of twelve verticalcolumns with title. headings as indicated by numerals 36, 37, 38, 39, 40and 41, with suitable sub-heading as indicated by 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,l48, 49 and 50. rlhe tariffs will be listed in these columns, firstspecifying the specific commodities, then general commodities, class andcommodities, class tariffs, followed Y by miscellaneous circulars. Thisis an improvement over the commodity indexing described in Figures 4, 5and 6, as itl will be my purpose to arrange the consolidated index inthree sections, the first section tovv be as described in Figure l0,showing tariffs in which the lines are initial carriers, and in section2, which is similar to this Figure 10, but not herein illustrated toindicate the tariffs in alphabetical order of the transportationcompanies in which traffic is delivered to the lines for which the indexis issued. To explain it more clearly, while. its intent is to issue forall the territories, to make the point clear, I will describe thesouthern book. The first section will indicate tariffs applicable from,at, or within the south, while section 2 will list the tariffsapplicable to the south. This same plan to be followed in the indices ofother' territories.

The foregoing description covers and describes a complete tariff indexfor the listing of all tariffs applicable from, to or via any of thetransportation companies operating in the United States. However, itwill of course be understood that where it isdesirable to show tariffsapplicable only in one direction it may be more convenient to make theseparate tariff sections in two independent books or volumes. In allother respects however, the novel features of the index remainunchanged.

' l. A consolidated index comprising groups of leaves bearing suitableprinted matterarranged to form separate tariff slections which relate tovarious kinds of commoditytariffs, each of said tariff sections beingprovided with key symbols' that are arranged to show the carriers thatpartici.- pate in certain tariffs as initial or originating carriers,and a separate section which is arranged to show tariffs applicable inthe reverse direction where the carriers in a particular territory aredelivering carriers, and key symbols mediate, or terminal carriers, andthe cross referencevin the tariff section of the index for showing theco-relaticn between the key symbols therein, and the symbols in thesection that contains the descriptions of the tariffs. y

2. A consolidated tariff index comprising groups of leavesv bearingsuitable printed matter secured together and arranged to form separatetariff' sections, which relate to the initial or originating lines bykey reference, a key for indicating the name of the transportationcompany which allows or permits other carriers to issue its rates, andmeans explaining said key co-related with each of said separate tariffsections.

3. A consolidatedtari index comprising separate tariff sections ofleaves, means on the leaves of some of theA groups showing the tariffsissued by transportation companies, of symbols representing thecompanies or carriers and grouped with said means for showing thecarriers that participate in the said various tariffs, and means on theleaves of any group for explaining said key or defining which carriereachl symbol of the key designates.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my` signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

. CHARLES B. GUTHRIE.

Witnesses:

EUGENE C. Gorman, EMORY L. GRAFF.

to indicate initial, interconsisting of groups al key composed

